Thomas game well bellinger



(No Model.)

T. G. DELLINGE-R.

HORSESHOE.

' No. 570,278. Patented 0011.27, 1896.

NITED STATES THOMAS GAMEWELL DELLINGER, OF BREMOND, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO LULU SCHMIDT, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,278, dated October 2'7, 1896".

Application filed February 25, 1896. Serial No. 580,629. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS GAMEWELL DELLINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bremond, in the county of Robertson and State of Texas, have invented cerlain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements-in horseshoes in which is provided a double crease in the bottom face or under side of the shoe and peculiarly-arranged corrugations or roughened surfaces in the upper side of the shoe; and the novelty consists in the 0011- struction of the shoe, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view showing the top face of the shoe. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the bottom of the shoe. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line 00 a", of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line y y of Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, referring to which A designates the shoe, which is bent or made from a single piece of metal. On its lower face or side the shoe is thickened at its 1niddle to form the toe-call: B, and it is also thickened at its rear ends to produce the two heelcalks O 0. Between the toe and heel calks are provided the nail-receiving grooves D and the holes or apertures E, which apertures pass through the shoe. The nails are adapted to be driven through these holes into the hoof in the usual manner, so as to have the heads of the nails inclosed within these deep grooves D. The grooves D are near the marginal outer edges of the shoe, and one of my improvements consists in the grooves F, which are produced 011 the lower face of the shoe within the lines of the deep grooves D. These grooves F are not as deep as the grooves D, andthey open into or through the inner marginal edges of the shoe, said shallow grooves F extend ing along the shoe between the toe and heel calks and running in curved lines parallel to the deeper grooves D. Itwill thus be seen that the lower side or face has double grooves between the toe and heel ca'lks. 1

On the top face of the shoe I provide three slightly-raised surfaces g h The surface g is at the front end of the shoe and it is formed with corrugations or ridges G, which extend at right angles to a line drawn straight through the center of the shoe. The other slightlyraised surfaces, h 'i, are at the heel ends of the shoe, and they are formed with ridges or ribs 11 I, which are inclined reversely to each other and lie diagonally to a straight line drawn centrally through the shoe. These corrugations or ridges G H I and the peculiar disposition or arrangement thereof on the shoe tend to greatly assist in holding the shoe against displacement on the hoof when the shoe is nailed in place, because the ridges embed themselves in the hoof and the reverse inclination of the corrugations counteract any tendency of the shoe slipping in either direction.

My construction secures numerous practical advantages in the use of horseshoes. The formation of the double crease in the bottom of the shoe, as shown and described herein, takes the weight out of the shoe between the toe and heel, leaving the middle and ends of the shoe solid, so as to materially strengthen the shoe at the points where the shoe is exposed to wear, whereby a shoe is provided which is of lighter weight and equally as strong and durable as ordinary solid shoes. The double-creased shoe holds and protects the nails, gives them a good firm bearing, and prevents the nails from cutting off between the shoe and hoof.

IVith horseshoes of ordinary construction now in common use the bearing of the shoe is on one side of the hoof after two or three Weeks wear, but in my shoe the bearing is on the solid toe and heel portions, and after two months wear the bearing is the same as when. the shoe is first applied, or, in other words, the shoe wears uniformly at the toe, heel, and sides, because the shoe is thicker at the toe and heel than in the central portion. The

unequal wearing of the old-style shoe is due to the fact that the shoe is of equal thickness at all points and the toe and heel wear out first, leaving the central part of the shoe higher and bearing the weight on one side of the hoof, making the horse clumsy and stumbling.

The diagonal corrugations or ridges of the top side of the shoe prevent contraction of the heel, insure self-expansion of the shoe, and hold the shoe from slipping on the hoof, so that six nails will hold the shoe firmer and to better advantage than eight nails in the old style of shoes. The construction of the double crease on the bottom of the shoe also tends to create a suction on the road or pavement and prevents a horse from slipping in muddy Weather.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As anew article of manufacture, the horseshoe herein shown and described provided with the solid toe and heel calks B and C, the

deep nail-receiving grooves D in the lower face of the shoe and extending from the sides of the toe-call: to the heel-calks, the shallow grooves F lying within the nail-grooves D and extending from the sides of the toe-call: to the heel-calks, the lower wearing-face of the shoe between the two grooves D and 1 being flush with that part of the shoe at the outer margin thereof and also flush with the lower faces of the toe and heel calks, the transverse ribs G on the top of the shoe at the toe portion, and the reversely-inclined ribs H and I on the top of the shoe at the heel thereof, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. THOMAS GAMEWELL DELLINGER.

Witnesses:

HERMANN SCHMIDT, HIoKs HEARN. 

